OGILBYINA SALVATI - (PLESSIS & FOURMANOIR, 1966)
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Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Blenniiformes (Order) > Pseudochromidae (Family) > Pseudochrominae (Subfamily) > Ogilbyina (Genus)
Freckled Dottyback,
Synonymes
Cypho salvati (Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966)
Pseudochromis salvati (Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966)
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Description
Color
Females: head and body dark brown, becoming beige ventrally, and pale pink on ventral part of head, pectoral-fin base and posterior part of abdomen; Posteroventral margin of orbit with a dark grey to black bar, this bordered posteriorly by a pale to bright blue line, line curving below orbit along infraorbitals to dorsal part of upper lip; Margin of orbit inside dark grey to black bar and blue line bright yellow to yellowish brown; Upper part of cheeks and operculum yellowish brown to bright yellow; Large, irregular bright blue to dark purple spots on cheeks, operculum, pectoral base and breast; Iris orange-red, with two oblique blue lines, one above and one below pupil; Posterior part of body and caudal peduncle becoming yellowish brown to bright yellow; Dorsal fin bright red or reddish brown anteriorly, becoming brownish grey to bright yellow posteriorly; outer third to half of fin with two to four blue stripes, these broken into series of spots anteriorly and proximally; Distal margin of fin blue, bordered proximally with bright red; Anal fin pale pinkish grey, becoming yellowish brown to bright yellow posteriorly, with two to five blue stripes or rows of spots; Distal margin of fin bluish grey, bordered with reddish grey; Caudal fin bright yellow, bordered distally with reddish to greyish hyaline; Pectoral fins yellowish to brownish hyaline; Pelvic fins pale pink to pinkish grey, with two to four rows of small reddish brown on middle of fins.
Males: body pale pinkish orange to reddish grey or bright orange, darker dorsally, becoming pinkish orange to orangish grey or bright orange on head, paler ventrally; Posteroventral margin of orbit with dark grey to black bar, this bordered posteriorly by pale to bright blue line, line curving below orbit along infraorbitals to dorsal part of upper lip; Large, irregular bright blue to dark purple or black spots on cheeks, operculum, pectoral base and breast; Iris bright red with two oblique dark blue lines, one above and one below pupil; Caudal peduncle sometimes becoming bright orange-yellow; Dorsal and anal fins reddish grey to bright red, sometimes becoming bright yellow posteriorly, and sometimes with five to seven faint bluish grey to bright blue stripes and bright blue to grey distal margin; Caudal fin bright yellow, sometimes becoming greyish to reddish hyaline posteriorly, and sometimes with narrow bright blue upper and lower margins; Pectoral fins pinkish to greyish hyaline; Pelvic fins greyish to reddish hyaline, sometimes with five or six rows of bluish to reddish grey spots forming broken bands.
Etymology
Ogilbyina: in honnor of the late James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925), the “distinguished zoologist” of the Queensland Museum + from Latin suffix, -ina = belonging to.
salvati: in honor of the authors’ friend, coral-reef biologist Dr. Bernard Salvat, who was about to take over the authors’ work in New Caledonia (type locality) when this dottyback was collected.
Original description: Pseudochromis salvati Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966 - Type locality: Maître islet, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Distribution
Western Pacific: New Caledonia.
Biology
Collected from around coral rubble, patch reefs, rocks and coral heads in tidal pools and shallow lagoon areas
Similar species
Cypho zaps (Gill, 2004) - Reported from Western Pacific: Indonesia, north to Philippines, southern Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan). Cypho zaps differs in not having the dark scale stripes aligned to form oblique lines.
Cypho purpurascens (De Vis 1884) - Reported from New Caledonia - Link to the species (here).
Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Blenniiformes (Order) > Pseudochromidae (Family) > Pseudochrominae (Subfamily) > Ogilbyina (Genus)
Freckled Dottyback,
Synonymes
Cypho salvati (Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966)
Pseudochromis salvati (Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966)
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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31-34, last: 8-29 segmented rays branched; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 19-21, last: 7-21 segmented rays branched (all or all but first 1-2 segmented rays branched in specimens larger than 40 mm SL); Pectoral-fin rays: 18-19; Upper procurrent caudal-fin rays: 6; Lower procurrent caudal-fin rays: 5-6; Total caudal-fin rays: 28-29; Scales in lateral series: 43-48; Anterior lateral-line scales: 38-44; Anterior lateral line terminating beneath segmented dorsal-fin ray: 23-28; Posterior lateral-line scales: 5-14 + 0-2; Scales between lateral lines: 4-6; Horizontal scale rows above anal-fin origin: 14-16 + 1+ 2-3 = 17-20; Circumpeduncular scales: 19-20; Predorsal scales: 14-20; Scales behind eye: 2; Scales to preopercular angle: 4-6; Gill rakers: 4-7 + 10-12 = 15-19. Lower lip complete with median v-shaped notch; Dorsal and anal fins with well-developed scale sheaths; Upper jaw with 2-4 pairs of curved, enlarged caniniform teeth anteriorly, and 5-7 (at symphysis) to 2 (on sides of jaw) irregular rows of small conical teeth, outermost of rows of teeth much larger and more curved than those of inner rows; Lower jaw with 2-4 pairs of curved, enlarged caniniform teeth anteriorly, and 4-6 (at symphysis) to 1 (on sides of jaw) inner rows of small conical to caniniform teeth, those on middle of jaw large and caniniform; Vomer with 8-12 rows of fine conical teeth arranged in triangular patch; Palatine with 3-5 irregular rows of fine conical teeth arranged in ovoid patch, anterior part of tooth patch more-or-less contiguous with posterolateral edges of vomerine tooth patch. Max. length: 5.9 cm SL. Depth range: 0 - 15 m.
Females: head and body dark brown, becoming beige ventrally, and pale pink on ventral part of head, pectoral-fin base and posterior part of abdomen; Posteroventral margin of orbit with a dark grey to black bar, this bordered posteriorly by a pale to bright blue line, line curving below orbit along infraorbitals to dorsal part of upper lip; Margin of orbit inside dark grey to black bar and blue line bright yellow to yellowish brown; Upper part of cheeks and operculum yellowish brown to bright yellow; Large, irregular bright blue to dark purple spots on cheeks, operculum, pectoral base and breast; Iris orange-red, with two oblique blue lines, one above and one below pupil; Posterior part of body and caudal peduncle becoming yellowish brown to bright yellow; Dorsal fin bright red or reddish brown anteriorly, becoming brownish grey to bright yellow posteriorly; outer third to half of fin with two to four blue stripes, these broken into series of spots anteriorly and proximally; Distal margin of fin blue, bordered proximally with bright red; Anal fin pale pinkish grey, becoming yellowish brown to bright yellow posteriorly, with two to five blue stripes or rows of spots; Distal margin of fin bluish grey, bordered with reddish grey; Caudal fin bright yellow, bordered distally with reddish to greyish hyaline; Pectoral fins yellowish to brownish hyaline; Pelvic fins pale pink to pinkish grey, with two to four rows of small reddish brown on middle of fins.
Males: body pale pinkish orange to reddish grey or bright orange, darker dorsally, becoming pinkish orange to orangish grey or bright orange on head, paler ventrally; Posteroventral margin of orbit with dark grey to black bar, this bordered posteriorly by pale to bright blue line, line curving below orbit along infraorbitals to dorsal part of upper lip; Large, irregular bright blue to dark purple or black spots on cheeks, operculum, pectoral base and breast; Iris bright red with two oblique dark blue lines, one above and one below pupil; Caudal peduncle sometimes becoming bright orange-yellow; Dorsal and anal fins reddish grey to bright red, sometimes becoming bright yellow posteriorly, and sometimes with five to seven faint bluish grey to bright blue stripes and bright blue to grey distal margin; Caudal fin bright yellow, sometimes becoming greyish to reddish hyaline posteriorly, and sometimes with narrow bright blue upper and lower margins; Pectoral fins pinkish to greyish hyaline; Pelvic fins greyish to reddish hyaline, sometimes with five or six rows of bluish to reddish grey spots forming broken bands.
Etymology
Ogilbyina: in honnor of the late James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925), the “distinguished zoologist” of the Queensland Museum + from Latin suffix, -ina = belonging to.
salvati: in honor of the authors’ friend, coral-reef biologist Dr. Bernard Salvat, who was about to take over the authors’ work in New Caledonia (type locality) when this dottyback was collected.
Original description: Pseudochromis salvati Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966 - Type locality: Maître islet, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Distribution
Western Pacific: New Caledonia.
Biology
Collected from around coral rubble, patch reefs, rocks and coral heads in tidal pools and shallow lagoon areas
Similar species
Cypho zaps (Gill, 2004) - Reported from Western Pacific: Indonesia, north to Philippines, southern Taiwan and Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan). Cypho zaps differs in not having the dark scale stripes aligned to form oblique lines.
Cypho purpurascens (De Vis 1884) - Reported from New Caledonia - Link to the species (here).
Last update: 8, April 2023